The Jealousy Plot

19) The Great Gatsby Discussion

I slam my locker shut too hard and wince as it makes a sharp pain cross my already minor headache. It's Tuesday and so far I have not spoken to Luke since yesterday's event.

I wasn't really surprised that he thought the kiss was a mistake, I was just mad at myself for being stupid enough to trust him and to actually let him kiss me.

"Hey Claire" I hear Zack say from behind me. I force a smile onto my face even though it makes my head hurt worse. "Hey Zack".

"I was wondering if you wanted to do something this weekend?" he blurts out, getting right to the point. I freeze in my tracks from surprise. "What about Nicole?" I ask, unsure.

"It's fine, she's doing something anyway with Luke so I thought we should hang out too" I can hear the annoyance in his voice when he says Luke's name.

"Umm well-" I start but before I can finish Luke comes up and jumps into our conversation. "Hey babe" he says and leans towards my cheek but I quickly turn my head away. Is he seriously trying to act like everything is fine? I'm not going to play his game much longer if he keeps having these weird mood swings.

"I'm free Saturday. Pick me up whenever" I say to Zack, ignoring Luke glaring at me. Zack sends a confused look at Luke and I but says "yeah, cool. I'll pick you up at 12"

"See ya then" I wave goodbye to him and walk away. "What the hell was that" Luke scoffs next to me. "What, so now you and Zack are a thing?" I can hear annoyance in his voice.

"Have fun with Nicole this weekend. Use protection. I know how much you care about getting out of this hell hole" I snap, still not looking at him.

He walks until he is in front of me, causing me to have to stop and forcing me to look at him. "That's what you thinks of me?" he asks, hurt on his face.

"If the shoe fits" I venomously say. His electric eyes turn stormy blue as he responds. "Thanks, I will have fun. Heaven knows she's got a fit body. Would be a shame not to see what the rest of it looks like" he states and walks away.

Suddenly I feel like he just squeezed my heart as hard as he could. I blink away the water in my eyes and continue walking to my last class of the day, English 3.

Much to my annoyance Luke is in the room when I come in. I notice Danny with a pencil under his nose. I make my way towards him and sit in the desk next to him.

Mr. Solender walks into the room and puts his bag down. Confusion crosses my mind as I raise my hand.

"What a surprise. I'm in the room for a total of 5 whole seconds and Miss. Adams already has a question for me" he says with a smile on his face. "Yes?"

"Correct me if I'm wrong but weren't you our History teacher last semester. This is the new semester" I ask confused.

Mr. Solender clears his throat before speaking. "Me and Mr. Hartfeild share the same schedule but backwards. He teaches English for the first semester and then History for the seconnd. I teach history for the first semester and English for the second. Unluckily for you, you have me all year.

I smile widely at this, not finding this very unfortunate. He has been my favorite teacher in a long time.

"Now if there are no more follow up questions from Miss. Adams I want to start the day off with a discussion. Even though I know half of you don't even look at the reading list required for this honors class" at this he stops and looks at Danny who is now trying to make his pencil look like it is rubber.

"I'm just going to assume you all did" he continues "Now, we are going to talk about 2 characters from the famous book 'The Great Gatsby' " I sit up straighter at this "We are going to talk about the characters Daisy and Tom Buchanan" he explains and goes on.